06:40 February 5, 2023
A small asteroid was discovered recently, just days before it passed close to Earth. The object was never considered a real threat to our planet. But…
05:51 February 5, 2023
As the river moves through Kenya’s capital Nairobi, the clear water turns black. And large birds feed on dead animals alongside. The Nairobi River cr…
05:41 February 5, 2023
Just because your family is native to an area, it does not mean you will be able to live there forever. Increasingly, many Native Hawaiians are leavi…
05:06 February 4, 2023
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. English has many idioms to express close connections. If two people are extremely close …
06:30 February 4, 2023
A new tool from the maker of ChatGPT aims to help deal with concerns about how artificial intelligence (or AI) can be used to cheat in school. The to…
05:00 February 4, 2023
A fishing community in southern Brazil has an unusual ally: wild dolphins. Stories of people and dolphins working together to catch fish go back thou…
02:12 February 4, 2023
An Italian ship in waters near Antarctica has sailed further south than any ship has done before. The ship was able to make it so far south because o…
03:35 February 4, 2023
Drilling has begun at a Chinese-operated oil field in Uganda. Officials in the East African nation say they expect oil production to begin by 2025. A…
12:33 February 3, 2023
Editor's note: This is the fourth in our series of programs called “A Princess of Mars.” The story is from a series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs.…
03:29 February 3, 2023
The actor Ke Huy Quan has traveled an often-changing path on his way to America’s most important movie honors, the Academy Awards. The 51-year-old wa…
05:56 February 3, 2023
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about the difference between “projection” and “prediction.” Question: Hello, This is Moh…
04:41 February 3, 2023
An American rights group says Tanzania is seizing animals from herders because it wants to bring more foreign visitors to the northern part of the co…
04:20 February 3, 2023
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed a planned weekend diplomatic trip to China. The decision followed the discovery of a Chinese bal…
03:58 February 2, 2023
After the winter holidays, some of us may feel the need to exercise and get healthy. We may have been eating richer foods than usual at meals shared …
04:45 February 2, 2023
A groundhog from the small town of Punxsutawney in the state of Pennsylvania again predicted that North America would have six more weeks of winter. …
02:33 February 2, 2023
Argentina recently launched a new national agency that aims to expand the country's cannabis industry. Ministers hope that the move will help create …
05:07 February 2, 2023
The United States and the Philippines on Thursday announced plans to expand America's military presence in the Southeast Asian nation. The U.S. now h…
03:30 February 1, 2023
At least three times a week, Mexico City bus driver Nicolás Cuatencos purchases a kind of tamale known as “guajolota,” or “turkey.” The food is made …
03:06 February 1, 2023
Andrea Riseborough is a respected actress from Britain, but she is not especially famous. She was recently nominated for an Academy Award, or Oscar, …
06:50 February 1, 2023
This week, Google researchers published a paper describing results from an artificial intelligence (AI) tool built to create music. The tool, called …
04:52 February 1, 2023
Australian officials on Wednesday recovered a powerfully radioactive container that was lost in the desert. Officials said a team found the small con…
06:15 January 31, 2023
Educators say children’s behavior reached crisis levels after the pandemic shutdowns. Now, many schools are facing pressure from critics to rethink t…
04:47 January 31, 2023
A green comet will appear again in Earth’s sky for the first time in 50,000 years. The American space agency NASA says the comet's last visit came du…
04:46 January 31, 2023
Pope Francis started a six-day trip to Africa on Tuesday. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church is visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo and So…
05:44 January 31, 2023
Boeing has manufactured its last 747 jet airplane. The move ends the long production history of one of the company’s most popular aircraft. The aeros…
03:15 January 30, 2023
A University of Michigan student is one of the world’s top “speedcubers,” a person able to quickly solve a Rubik’s Cube. He also is a talented violin…
05:26 January 30, 2023
International airline Emirates says it successfully flew a Boeing 777 on a test flight with one engine running on a mixture of “sustainable” fuel. Th…
05:43 January 30, 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a total ban on what it calls industrially produced trans fatty acids worldwide in 2023. The health…
05:56 January 30, 2023
Novak Djokovic is once again the top-ranked tennis player in the world. And he has no plans to give up the top spot anytime soon. The Serbian star’s …
06:13 January 29, 2023
Officials in New York City are using technology to cut down on noise on city streets. Cameras equipped with radar sound collectors identify loud vehi…
05:14 January 29, 2023
The American space agency NASA is teaming up with a military research agency to develop a nuclear rocket designed to fly astronauts to Mars. NASA rec…
05:56 January 29, 2023
When Rylae-Ann Poulin was 1 year old, she did not crawl or make noises like other kids her age. A rare genetic disease prevented her from even liftin…
06:35 January 29, 2023
Brazil’s New President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is putting environmental activists in top government positions. For example, Joenia Wapichana is bec…
04:08 January 28, 2023
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. See if you can guess the meaning of first dibs from the following exchange: A: “Hi, I wa…
07:13 January 28, 2023
The cost of attending a college or university in the United States is very high. Education Data Initiative, an organization that collects data on the…
05:07 January 28, 2023
A new study has found that light pollution is making the night sky brighter and the stars dimmer. The study examined data from more than 50,000 citiz…
03:06 January 28, 2023
The Carter Center said recently that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide last year. That is a major drop from 3.5 mill…
12:48 January 27, 2023
Editor's note: This is the third in our series of programs called “A Princess of Mars.” The story is from a series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. …
05:52 January 27, 2023
On March 12, actors, directors, producers and other filmmakers will gather in Hollywood, California, the center of the American film industry. Some w…
03:04 January 27, 2023
This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Sergio in Brazil. He asks, Question: I would like to know whether there is any difference betwe…
04:44 January 27, 2023
Nine American military officers who worked many years ago at a nuclear missile base have been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer. The Associated Pres…
05:52 January 26, 2023
After releasing our recent report, Talking about Art, we received many wonderful messages from VOA Learning English fans around the world. In today’s…
07:36 January 26, 2023
Scientists have wondered long on the mystery of how whales got so big. A new study suggests some answers. Whales are ocean animals. The fin, bowhead,…
06:02 January 26, 2023
A recent study suggests that the rate at which the Earth’s center is turning is slowing down compared to the outer parts of the planet. Earth scienti…
05:02 January 26, 2023
United States officials surprised many experts by agreeing to send M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine to fight Russian forces. For months, U.S. officials sai…
06:35 January 25, 2023
Veja shoes are sold at famous stores all over the world. The company that makes them is French. But the shoes are made in Brazil. Over the last 20 ye…
06:47 January 25, 2023
American technology company Microsoft has announced a new, multibillion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence (AI) developer OpenAI. The deal …
05:34 January 25, 2023
The Justice Department and eight states opened a legal action, or lawsuit, against Google on Tuesday. They accuse the technology company of abusing i…
04:39 January 25, 2023
A new government report says half of the mass attacks in the United States over the past few years started as personal, family, or workplace disputes…
06:49 January 24, 2023
Many colleges in the United States offer unusual learning programs for their students. Some teach students how to use robots in medical operations. O…